Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06VIENNA121
2006-01-13 14:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES WILL BEGIN REGULAR FLIGHTS TO
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UNCLAS VIENNA 000121
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/TRA AND EUR/AGS/VVIKMANIS-KELLER
PARIS FOR FAA/LLIU
FRANKFURT FOR TSA/ABROWN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN AIRLINES WILL BEGIN REGULAR FLIGHTS TO
IRAQ IN MARCH
REF: 05 VIENNA 3493
UNCLAS VIENNA 000121
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/TRA AND EUR/AGS/VVIKMANIS-KELLER
PARIS FOR FAA/LLIU
FRANKFURT FOR TSA/ABROWN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN AIRLINES WILL BEGIN REGULAR FLIGHTS TO
IRAQ IN MARCH
REF: 05 VIENNA 3493
1. On January 9, the Austrian Airlines group (AUA)
announced plans to start regularly scheduled service to
Iraq on March 9. AUA plans two weekly flights (Thursdays
and Sundays) from Vienna to Erbil. Starting May 2, AUA
will add a third weekly flight (Tuesdays). AUA will use
Airbus A319 aircraft.
2. Iraqi authorities granted AUA air traffic rights to
service Iraq in October 2005 (reftel). AUA was the first
Western carrier to receive permission to initiate
regularly scheduled flights to Iraq. The agreement
authorizes AUA to service any destination in Iraq with a
frequency of up to one daily flight. AUA claims there is
strong demand for flights to Iraq.
MCCAW
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/TRA AND EUR/AGS/VVIKMANIS-KELLER
PARIS FOR FAA/LLIU
FRANKFURT FOR TSA/ABROWN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN AIRLINES WILL BEGIN REGULAR FLIGHTS TO
IRAQ IN MARCH
REF: 05 VIENNA 3493
1. On January 9, the Austrian Airlines group (AUA)
announced plans to start regularly scheduled service to
Iraq on March 9. AUA plans two weekly flights (Thursdays
and Sundays) from Vienna to Erbil. Starting May 2, AUA
will add a third weekly flight (Tuesdays). AUA will use
Airbus A319 aircraft.
2. Iraqi authorities granted AUA air traffic rights to
service Iraq in October 2005 (reftel). AUA was the first
Western carrier to receive permission to initiate
regularly scheduled flights to Iraq. The agreement
authorizes AUA to service any destination in Iraq with a
frequency of up to one daily flight. AUA claims there is
strong demand for flights to Iraq.
MCCAW